He said "I can't breathe!"
"Please, let me stand."
Four men in blue,
Ignored an innocent man.
He cried for his Mama,
The one place he knew love.
He knew he'd soon see her,
In a world up above.
We all watched in horror,
Five Hundred Twenty Six seconds exact.
Begging and pleading for mercy.
PLEASE! Keep this man's life intact.
Be angry! Be outraged!
White privilege is real!
How has this happened again?
Can white skin not feel?
It's time white skin feels.
It's time white skin screams.
Racism MUST end.
We MUST make reality of dreams.
Dreams that this world
Becomes United as one.
A world where having black skin
Doesn't kill Mother's sons.
- by Alicia Sylvest
